Bernie Sanders Says Defeating Oligarchy Now Most Urgent Issue | Common Dreams
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"My friends, you don’t have to be a PhD in political science to understand that this is not democracy. This is not one person, one vote. This is not all of us coming together to decide our future. This is oligarchy."

Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders is intensifying his fight against U.S. oligarchy, targeting wealthy individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Sanders argues that these billionaires manipulate the global economy, influence elections, and control the government, hindering democracy and exacerbating global inequality.

He believes this issue is crucial, impacting various aspects of society, including climate change, healthcare, worker protections, and poverty.

  • @[email protected]
    19•1 month ago

    Snopes is showing that he didn’t say quite that. He was responding to a question in a town hall meeting where he said Clinton needed to earn the votes of his supporters to win, and even if he endorsed her, his supporters needed to make up their own mind. It was a long and thoughtful response that was not boiled down to two sentences.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-told-supporters-hed-never-tell-them-how-to-vote/

    • @[email protected]
      6•1 month ago

      I’d love it if people cared enough to read the long form. But, the idea can be spread much more efficiently with a two sentence good faith summary:

      Some wish to tell you what to think. Others wish to help you reason out your own answers.

      • @[email protected]
        5•1 month ago

        I get your point, but it is not his error if someone else makes a meme taking a fraction of his comments out of context.

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 month ago

          They’re absolutly not “taken out of context”. His intended message is represented well in summary.